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Le Boucher
Le boucher 18+Synopsis
An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a provincial French town.
Country
France
Runtime
1 hour 35 minutes
Production year
1969
World premiere
27 February 1970
Release date
| 17 December 1970 | Denmark | ||
| 26 March 1971 | Finland | ||
| 27 February 1970 | France | ||
| 12 May 1972 | Great Britain | ||
| 21 November 1970 | Greece | ||
| 8 September 1970 | Italy | ||
| 27 May 1971 | Netherlands | ||
| 22 January 1971 | Portugal | ||
| 12 July 1971 | Spain | ||
| 30 October 1970 | Sweden | ||
| 19 December 1971 | USA |
Production
CEA Studios, Les Films de la Boétie, Euro International Films
Also known as
Le boucher, El carnicero, Der Schlachter, The Butcher, A hentes, De slager, El asesino, Il tagliagole, Măcelarul, Mesar, O Açougueiro, O Carniceiro, Řezník, Rzeźnik, Slagteren, Slaktaren, Slakteren, Teurastaja, Un asesino en la noche, Ο χασάπης, М'ясник, Мясник, 도살자, 屠夫, 肉屋
Director
Cast
Jean Yanne
Stéphane Audran
Antonio Passalia
Paskal Ferone
Showtimes
Currently, the film is not showing in cinemas, but we can send you a message when this animated film returns to the box office.
Hélène
[Walking through a cavern] You must understand that the instincts, the feelings, and even the intelligence of Cro-Magnon man was definitely human. The only differences to the problem were his needs to survive.
Student
What does "survive" mean?
Hélène
It means to stay alive. He began to draw. Do you know what we call desires when they lose their savage quality? Aspirations. If Cro-Magnon had not survived, the world in which we live wouldn't exist.
